Ok so on Jan 1st I break my macbook pro... how did I break it you ask...
ok..
so I went a got the 4 gig set for RAM now I could have had the mac genius put it in but I am pretty comp savy so I figure I will give it a go...
works perfect... blazing fast.. now I got the macbook pro 2.4 gig with 4 gig RAM maxed out smoking fast.. so what does my dumbass do?
I say to myself hey I need to take out the 4 gig put back in the 2 gig so I can time some things then put the 4 gig back in and time the same things... right? you know a little test danza style....
well as I am putting the 2 gig back in I deicide to leave the little screwdriver that I DID NOT EVEN NEED AT THAT POINT in between my ring finger and my pinky.. well I am installing the first chip in and it's giving me resistance... im like wtf... well it was not the RAM it was the screwdriver going into the video on the logic board (motherboard) and snap bam the screwdriver went through the chip.. so now I am like FUCK FUCK FUCK...
I get it all back together and try to fire it up and it fires up but no video.. nothing just a black screen and no power to the lcd or the 30in display I got... so now im pissed I broke it...
so I take it to the new mac store here in vegas at town square...
http://www.apple.com/retail/townsqua.../20071230.html
I explain to the mac genius what I did and what an idiot I am..
he says.. no prob we will order you a new motherboard.. which they did... this was new years day so I know they could not order it till the next day 1/2/08 so they shipped one which got there on 1/3/08 I go down there in the afternoon on 1/3/08 just to kind of see whats going on and I need my comp back... so I get there and the kid up front is trying his best to deal with me but long story short the board that they orderd was DOA and did not work...
so now im a bit pissed cause they ordered a new one and did not give me the option to overnight... I think they should have.. so now 1/4/08 gets here I call the store in the morning no one has an answer for me... so I wait a few hours I call back... speak with the manager... the Guys name is Dan.. great guy.... he assured me that in all his power I would be back running that afternoon...
well 1 o clock comes around on the 4th of jan (yesterday) I get a call...
Hey (my name) this is Joe the lead tech over at apple.. yeah hey that motherboard did not come today so I got the auth to just open up a new macbookpro and give it to you.... they migrated my HD from my other one into the new macbookpro so it's like I never lost it at all.. amazing
alas... apple does it again...